It has been established that furniture has been purchased from an upmarket lifestyle store for him.

"We can confirm that they purchased a certain amount of furniture from Wetherlys but I will not comment on what was bought or what it cost. It is confidential and we have to respect our clients' privacy," said Dave Nemeth, merchandising executive for the company.

According to the company's website, it offers a variety of "exclusive" locally manufactured and imported furniture as well as home accessories.

Cape Town property circles were buzzing this week as it emerged that David Beckham was rumoured to have been shopping around town for a home, possibly at an exclusive, high-security golf and residential estate.

David hit the headlines recently when it was reported that England's 2018 World Cup bidding committee would pay thousands of pounds to fly him to Cape Town next month for the 2010 World Cup draw.

"That outlay is intended to reinvigorate England's faltering bid to host the tournament in 2018," the UK's Guardian newspaper reported.

This week, chairman of the bid committee, Lord David Triesman told The Times, a UK newspaper, that they would be putting out the red carpet for the soccer star.